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Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app

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Re: Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app

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Post by joering2 »

Phlarp wrote: post #24
joering2 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used a simple mobile "burner" and was fine to authenticate. I bought bunch of $5 cards with cash in a small store and used this one in my dumb flip phone bought on a flea market few months ago. I am certain to a high degree that's pretty enough setup to stay under radar.

This burner phone and your "real" phone are going to be easy to correlate retroactively based on the towers they are both hitting

I'm not the only one using my tower I am sure about that. I am not that special.

Re: Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app

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Post by joering2 »

mehhh wrote: post #34
Phlarp wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This burner phone and your "real" phone are going to be easy to correlate retroactively based on the towers they are both hitting

Hopefully OP uses a different cell network than the one Simple Mobile rides atop.

Just to clarify - I have nothing to do with HK or the riots going. I am just stating that I was able to use my somewhat "burner" setup to register the App. What happens after that is whole different story.

Re: Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app

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Post by petre »

rolph wrote: post #27
rmason wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know of a few mesh apps. But what's significant about this one is the protesters self selected it. Dictators can cut off social media apps, even cut of Internet access. But they risk turning more people out in the streets if they cut the power.

interesting that mentioning mesh and the problems of adopting it for anything but philanthropism is not considered valid by some. Yes there was a group consensus that a mesh was needed to communicate as a workaround to internet blockades, the only next step now would be to jam whatever the equivalent of 802.11* is over there. I seriously wish them best of luck, thats all i can hope for from here. Cutting the power wo…

They don't need to jam the signal. It easier to infiltrate agents broadcasting phony messages among the protesters, creating confusion.

Re: Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app

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Post by dingo_bat »

busterarm wrote: post #37
klingonopera wrote: post #5

If worst comes to worst, I hope there's satellite connectivity to HK. Or landlines not under Chinese jurisdiction. EDIT: To clarify, I'm concerned about what could happen if China cuts HK off from the Internet.

Satellite phones are extremely easy to determine point of origin, give or take 20m. That's enough to dispatch police or worse, launch an airstrike.

I doubt China is planning to airstrile individual protestor.

Re: Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app

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Post by anigbrowl »

sosoutre wrote: post #58
mrobot wrote: post #11

The Hong Kongers would never get away with what they are doing to the police in the United States.

That’s why I find it so funny the are waving US flags, along with Pepe the Frog flags. If they tried throwing Molotov cocktails at US cops, the outcome would be very different.

That's not really a thing. Some far-right groups sent provocateurs and livestream grifters on an all expenses paid trip to HK to cash in on 'anti communist protests' but their efforts fell flat after HKers were advised of their identities.

Re: Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app

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Post by quaquaqua1 »

jay_kyburz wrote: post #74
rcw4256 wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently you need to fail verification a few times before it'll present the option. I kept giving it bogus phone numbers and eventually a "skip" button appeared.

I wouldn't trust an app where the first thing you have to do is navigate dark patterns.

I wouldn't either, but it would seem that HKers don't have many options at this time. Hope more are identified and that there aren't malicious intentions with this current one.

Re: Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app

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Post by rolph »

Phlarp wrote: post #24
joering2 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used a simple mobile "burner" and was fine to authenticate. I bought bunch of $5 cards with cash in a small store and used this one in my dumb flip phone bought on a flea market few months ago. I am certain to a high degree that's pretty enough setup to stay under radar.

This burner phone and your "real" phone are going to be easy to correlate retroactively based on the towers they are both hitting

this is why you remove the battery of the burner until you use it. remove the battery and sim of your compromised phone relocate yourself install sim and battery of your burner

Re: Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app

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Post by afterburner »

fiblye wrote: post #76
throwaway1997 wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

China can't cut HK off from the internet. Almost all Chinese internet traffic is routed through Hong Kong, not the other way around.

I don’t think China would care about cutting themselves off from the global internet.

Maybe the Chinese government wouldn't, but the people would care, a lot. The Chinese government is perpetually afraid of revolution and rebellion.

Re: Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app

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Post by vit05 »

rcach001 wrote: post #52
jorgeribs wrote: post #46

Hi everybody, I'm Jorge, founder of Bridgefy. Happy to answer any questions!

Hi Jorge, fyi I just browsed for Bridgefy on google and clicked on the first link that showed up and some random page turned up. It looked like it was hacked or something.

Here too. The url that I get on google is this one? http://reward0404.websitetrafficgo93.live/?utm_campaign=bKMu...

The correct url appers to be this https://bridgefy.me/

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